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Monday, February 16, 2009

Monday, February 16, 2009

Happy Presidents' Day, y'all! To help you get in the President-celebrating mood, I rounded up every presidential cake-specimen I could find. Consequently, this will be a pretty short post.

First, since Lincoln's birthday is part of the celebration, we've got to start with this lovely example sent in by Michael N.:

Love the Lincoln Memorial on top.

Then there's this rather less lovely Reagan cake:

That nose is going to haunt my dreams, I just know it.

(Note: This one's been floating around the interwebs for a while, so my apologies if it's not actually a pro job. In my defense, most of the pro cakes I see look a lot worse than this.)

Now remember, Grace D.: if someone makes a cake bust in your likeness, it's a compliment...

...Not that they want to knife you in the head.

I already featured a bunch of Obama cakes after the election, but be sure to check out the giant 5,900 cupcake mosaic of him and Lincoln from Friday's post, too.

And lastly, naturally this post wouldn't be complete without a George Washington cake.

Erm..... [frantically searching the 'net]

Ah, how 'bout this?

Ok, so it's perfectly centered, spelled correctly, and otherwise rather wreckless - sorry. Oh! But look! The balloons on the bottom are upside down! Eh? Eh? That counts, right?

Hey, I spent at least 15 whole minutes searching for a better Washington cake, alright? This is the best I got. Honestly, you'd think bakers out there would see today as an opportunity to get in touch with their creative, powdered-wig-wearing side. But no-ooo. Hmph. Downright inconsiderate, is what that is.

All that to say: if you have something better, send it soon and maybe I'll post it.

And stay tuned for more Valentine's Wrecks.

UPDATE: Well, you guys certainly are sending in some...interesting...Washington items. So far I've gotten a pie made in George, Washington, a hilarious but not post-able Washington Monument cake (no, you can't see it; it's not professionally made), what I suspect is more of a Georgette Washington cake spotted at the fair, and my current favorite:

How the heck is there a Ronald Reagan cake but not a George Washington cake? *scratches her head* Must be those crazy air traffic controllers partying again.A few years ago my friend sent me a picture of a Richard Nixon cake...it was in some sort of odd context, but I'll have to see if I can dig it up for you.

Thanks for posting the Lincoln Cake! It was done by Cake Girls in Chicago (thecakegirls.com). Here's a closeup of the memorial http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v644/186/62/20000400/n20000400_34966020_995.jpg

Is that a straight pin on Reagan's left cheek? Geez, when you want a wiggly line you get a straight one...when you want a straight line you get a crooked one...you can't win in the Cake Wreck world! LOL

The George Washington Carver cake was my favorite out of the bunch. In elementary school, my brother did a report about George Washington Carver, and he got so enthusiastic about the topic. He was a constant stream of trivia about George Washington Carver for a while.

WV: tries, as in "how many tries does it take to find a George Washington cake?"

The Ronald Regan cake gave me a scary flashback of the Jelly Belly factory tour in Fairfield, CA. They have a similar jellybean mosaic of Ronnie, only it's 6' tall. http://www.jellybelly.com/Art_Gallery/bean_art_gallery.aspx

The lack of Washington cakes is probably 'cause it's traditional to make cherry pie for Washington's birthday 'cause of the whole cherry thing. Isn't it? Or did my mom just like the excuse to make cherry pie?

I think it is hilarious that in the George Washington cake, they used two different kinds of E's...hmm idiosyncracies in handwriting- I'm no handwriting analyst.. but that has to mean something.. If you're Greek or you know Greek, it seems that there is a lower case E (epsilon) and at the end of "George" there is a capital epsilon... hmm peculiar... and who is Carly?

Ok...now I'm con-fooosed??? I thought the CARLY cake was CLINTON, but now I'm not so sure(the earring thing?), except that I couldn't find any photos of her(Carly) with gray hair and Clinton does have gray hair but it's a little too bouffant for Clinton, but in the photos, Carly's hair is always combed forward...to much for brain to grasp...ARRGGHH

If you're making a one-sided flag print of some sort, then the blue field goes in the upper left, but even then there are exceptions, for instance on the starboard side of a vessel or the right sleeve of a uniform.

Uh oh! you're treading on sacred ground with the post of the Bill Clinton looking cake...That is Colette Peters' work...see for yourself on her website. Given Colette's reputation, I think this is forgivable.

very original. Fred Smilek is the acting president of the Society to Save Endangered Species. It was founded two years ago by Fred Smilek along with his two best friends Charles and Jonathan. http://www.fredjsmilek.com

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